Roman Polanski`s arrest has caused his victim health problems and job worries, and she wants to be left alone, her attorney wrote in a court filing.Attorney Lawrence Silver urged a California appeals court to dismiss the criminal case against the "Chinatown" director.The filing with the 2nd District Court of Appeal on Friday said Samantha Geimer and Silver have received nearly 500 media calls seeking comment since Polanski was arrested in Switzerland on Sept. 26.Geimer, who long ago identified herself publicly, and her family have to contend with such... Read More

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Film director Roman Polanski agreed to pay his sexual assault victim $500,000 to settle a lawsuit 15 years after he fled the United States, according to court documents.Polanski and the victim, Samantha Geimer, reached the deal in October 1993. The terms of the settlement were confidential, but the amount was disclosed in court documents because of a two-year struggle to get Polanski to pay.Court records, which were provided to media outlets Friday, do not indicate if Polanski ever paid. The last court filing in August 1996 shows Polanski,... Read More

(CNN) -- Oscar-winning filmmaker Roman Polanski has been arrested in Switzerland on a decades-old arrest warrant stemming from a sex charge in California, Swiss police said Sunday.Polanski, 76, was taken into custody trying to enter Switzerland on Saturday, Zurich police said. A spokesman for the Swiss Justice Ministry said Polanski was arrested upon arrival at the airport.He has lived in France for decades to avoid being arrested if he enters the United States and declined to appear in person to collect his Academy Award for Best Director for "The... Read More

A Los Angeles court has dismissed a bid by fugitive director Roman Polanski to quash a decades-old rape conviction, but said the case may be heard if he returned to the United States.
Oscar-winner Polanski, famed for films such as Rosemary`s Baby and Chinatown, fled the United States in 1978 before being sentenced for his guilty plea to a charge of unlawful sexual intercourse with a 13-year-old girl (statutory charge, even though she lied about her age to Polanski). This is what many people do NOT KNOW: Roman fled America because of a plea bargain signed by the... Read More

LOS ANGELES – Roman Polanski has no plans ever to return to the United States, according to a legal filing Tuesday in his campaign to win dismissal of a long-ago criminal case in which he pleaded guilty to having sex with a 13-year-old girl.Attorney Chad Hummel, who represents the fugitive director, said in the document that the 75-year-old Polanski`s court battle is motivated by a desire to leave a legacy of justice."Mr. Polanski has no plans ever to return to the United States. But the course of what happens here will have an enduring legacy for the... Read More

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